Hannah Perry’s dynamic installations explore the entangled relationship between labour, mental health, and physical endurance. The British artist is now showing ‘Manual Labour’ at Baltic in Gateshead, utilising industrial materials to draw parallels between factory work and the experience of motherhood.
The installation is made of five parts, which operate in relation to one another. It includes a 15-minute film shown on an expansive 6m screen, which is curved to mimic the shape of a diaphragm; 16 speakers emitting a surround-sound piece; and two hydraulic sculptural parts in the shape of pelvic bones that move together forcefully.
